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No. 18 Group RAF

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With the advent of Strike Command the former 18 Group became the Northern Maritime Air Region, and Coastal Command was renamed 18 Group, both changes happening on 28 November 1969. Within Strike Command the new group's title was No. 18 (Maritime) Group. From that point the Group commander held the
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Of the three groups forming Coastal Command's planned dispositions on the outbreak of war, 18 Group was the only one with a fully operational Navy/Air Force Area Combined Headquarters (ACHQ). It covered much of the
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from July 1980. No. 216 Squadron however disbanded as a Buccaneer unit in late 1980 due to a shortage of airframes following the discovery of fatigue cracks.
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in 1977 while flying Nimrods. The Kinloss Wing spent thousands of hours tracking Soviet submarines of the
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and areas to the north and west of Scotland, north of a line running north west from the Mull of Kintyre.
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entered service in late 1970 and early 1971, initially with four squadrons of six aircraft, 120,
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and the Orkney & Shetlands Naval Command. Its headquarters were established at Rosyth.
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Commander No. 18 Group RAF / Maritime Air Eastern Atlantic / Maritime Air Force Channel
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helicopters, flying for a long period in the SAR role with No. 22 and 202 Squadrons.
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The Group was disbanded by being merging with No 11 Group on 1 April 1996 to form
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Commander Maritime Air Central Sub-Area / Maritime Air Plymouth Sub-Area Channel
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in London. The Group commander also held the corresponding post within the NATO
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The group was reformed on 1 September 1938 as No. 18 (Reconnaissance) Group of
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Commander Maritime Air Northern Sub-Area / Maritime Air Nore Sub-Area Channel
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joined the Group in the mid 1970s, and with the retirement of the final
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acoustic listening devices on the sea bed. Also part of the force were
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Group Nos. 10-19 on Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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post of Commander, Maritime Air, Eastern Atlantic, reporting to
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By October 1946, after the war ended, it was headquartered at
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GR.3s. By 1954 its strength had grown to five squadrons of
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Unit had a nuclear strike role and had twelve British
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with 12 Canberra electronic warfare training aircraft
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Royal Air Force Ensign
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force group
RAF Coastal Command
RAF Strike Command
Headquarters
RAF Pitreavie Castle
Northwood Headquarters
First World War
European theatre of World War II
Battle of the Atlantic
Royal Air Force
group
No. 4 Area RAF
North-Eastern Area RAF
Coastal Command
Royal Navy
Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
North Sea
RAF Pitreavie Castle
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203
RAF Leuchars
Avro Lancaster
Avro Shackletons
Lockheed Neptunes
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